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Lois Greene RN BSN MBA
AVP Ambulatory Care Services
Fredrick B. Cohen Comprehensive
Cancer and Blood Disorder Center
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark NJ
Jayde Xavier & Gabrielle
Complex Health Care System
MORTALITY RATES BY 10 LEADING
CAUSES OF DEATH - 1998
270
215.7
52
38.1
35.3
30.7
29.6
24.4
20
16.9
284
218
50.4
28.7
9
29.6
33.3
16.7
17
15.5
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
HEART DISEASES
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
DM
HIV
PNEU & FLU
COPD
OTHER UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
SEPTICIMIA
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS & ILL DEFINED
CONDITIONS
NEW JERSEY
ESSEX
IMPACT NEW JERSEY
Improving
Minority & Medically
Under-Served
Participation &
Access in
Clinical
Trials
Supported by an unrestricted education grant from:
Aventis Pharmaceuticals
NJ Commission on Cancer Research –IMPACT NJ
There Is Good News!!
Cancer can be
prevented by:
– Not Smoking
– Eating healthy foods
– Exercising more
– Drinking alcohol less
– Not getting sunburn
Early Detection also saves lives! Get screened for:
– Breast Cancer
– Colon Cancer
– Prostate Cancer
– Cervical Cancer
– Skin Cancer
BE BOLD!! ITS YOUR LIFE
Minorities, Women and Older
Adults Often Don’t Join Clinical
Trials
How Do Clinical Trials
IMPACT the Community?
Research gives us information
We have to use it….
Remember the Canary in the Mine.
“Please share the information”
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
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IRB (internal review board) approval
Doctor /Expert to review study with you.
Written informed consent .
Legal protections
Answers to any questions.
Excellent care regardless of your decision.
Phone number to call with more questions
What to expect when
participating in a clinical trial :
NewarkBeth Israel Resources
Physicians
Advanced Practice Staff
Research RN’s
Regulatory Professionals
Consultation space
Second opinions
Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Surgical Oncology
Site specific specialists,
Friendly staff to answer questions
Social Workers, Genetic Counselor, Exercise Class for patients, Patient Navigation, Care Coordination
For an appointment call 973 9267230
A family of providers
Summary Trials at NBI
Breast
Head & Neck
GI
GU
Lung I-ELCAP
Blood Disorders
CALGB, SWOG, SCUSF,ECOG, RTOG,NCCTG,NSABP, P10-3, SANOFI ARD
NBCCEDP
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program
(funded by the Centers for Disease Control – CDC)
Provides breast & cervical cancer screening
services to women who cannot afford health
insurance
More than 2 million low-income women
have been screened
Thousands of breast & cervical cancers
diagnosed
I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it…I can’t change my past, but I can improve my future. Proverbs 3:5-6
I've learned....
Questions?????